Results 1-14 of 14 for iraq speaker:Mr Richard Allan

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Art Market (21 Mar 2005)

Mr Richard Allan: As the Minister will know, in 2003 very strict regulations were imposed on the UK art market to implement United Nations sanctions banning dealing in material that might have been looted from Iraq. The regulations have now been in force for some time. Has the Minister made, or will she make, an assessment of their effectiveness and their impact on the UK art market?

Civil Contingencies Bill (18 Nov 2004)

Mr Richard Allan: ...difference between the Minister "thinking" and being "satisfied". I now have that difference straight in my head with the illustration of the Prime Minister's argument that he did not think that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, but he was satisfied that it had. There is something there that can be tested. Similarly, in the context of a flu outbreak, a Minister might be satisfied that...

Illicit Trade in Antiquities (26 May 2004)

Mr Richard Allan: ...monuments, typically at night, and remove objects that they then put into the dealing chain. Far more seriously, especially in scale of activity, are the people who operate in conflict zones. Iraq obviously springs to mind as an example because of the Baghdad museum looting that was in the news. That country should be in the minds of everyone who is interested in heritage, because looting...

Illicit Trade in Antiquities (26 May 2004)

Mr Richard Allan: ...hon. Gentleman agree that one of the real disgraces is that there are ongoing police investigations, as I understand it, into dealers in the United Kingdom who are dealing in material taken from Iraq in contravention of all the sanctions and selling it to buyers in the United States? After all the publicity, that is disgraceful.

The Scientific Response to Terrorism (18 Mar 2004)

Mr Richard Allan: ...afternoon's debate fascinating, particularly the obvious unanimity of views of Committee members about the value of the report. They are perhaps more unified on that than they are on the war with Iraq and how to deal with terrorism. The report has brought them all together and made a useful contribution to the debate on how to respond to the threat of terrorism. The hon. Member for Newark...

The Scientific Response to Terrorism (18 Mar 2004)

Mr Richard Allan: I am not sure, but I get the sense that the Committee may be more united on tuition fees than perhaps they were on Iraq. Was not the Committee away on a visit during the last vote on the Higher Education Bill? Were not Committee members encouraged to stay on that visit by the powers that be, because they might have tipped the balance the wrong way if they had returned? I am entirely at one...

Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill: Clause 21 - Scope of emergency regulations (10 Feb 2004)

Mr Richard Allan: ..., many of which were brought into play around the time of Queen Elizabeth I, when there was a coalescing of the way in which powers were exercised. In the run-up to the recent hostilities with Iraq, we had an interesting public debate. I engaged with many constituents about the deployment of armed forces. Many people wrote to me to say that they thought that Parliament had to authorise...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Iraqi Cultural Objects (30 Jun 2003)

Mr Richard Allan: Does the Secretary of State share my concern that, out of sight of the media, archaeological sites across Iraq are at risk of looting as long as the security situation remains so desperately poor? Will she support calls by experts in the field to improve customs controls to stop material being smuggled out of Iraq and to instruct visiting journalists and military personnel in Iraq not to buy...

Public Bill Committee: Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 - Offence of dealing in tainted cultural objects (14 May 2003)

Mr Richard Allan: ...terms of the offence of dealing in cultural objects that are deemed to have been tainted. The necessity for such an offence in English and Welsh law has been highlighted by the recent situation in Iraq, where we saw that cultural objects could easily be removed at times of instability. Most of those cultural objects were removed from museums, but far more dangerous is what happens next....

Iraq and the Middle East (14 Apr 2003)

Mr Richard Allan: Further to the Prime Minister's earlier response about the objects sadly being looted from Iraq's museums and archaeological sites, can he give the House a firm assurance that any cultural objects that turn up in the United Kingdom having been looted from Iraq will be returned to museums in that country and not sold into private collections, so making it clear to any potential looters that...

Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Bill (4 Apr 2003)

Mr Richard Allan: I shall set out the case in detail, referring to present-day examples. We need to consider countries such as Iraq, where in some senses similar circumstances pertain, in that there is uncertainty about who is in government, which creates the conditions for cultural objects to be removed. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, in the context of uncertainty of legal status and the...

Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Bill (4 Apr 2003)

Mr Richard Allan: ...is a nation that desperately needs to regain a sense of its national identity, having lost a lot of its very important material. Two pieces, valued at between £3 million and £5 million, have been seized from Iraq, and three hundred pieces were seized from Italy, including a shipwreck that was destroyed by UK suspects. There are questions about how shipwrecks will be dealt with,...

Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction (24 Sep 2002)

Mr Richard Allan: ...like to have it on his conscience that he had foreseen something awful happening yet done nothing to stop it. As I came to feel increasingly strongly that the prospect of unilateral action against Iraq would cause an appalling international catastrophe, as well as death and destruction for many people, I did not want to have on my conscience the fact that I had not used opportunities...

New Clause 6: Support for Children (16 Jun 1999)

Mr Richard Allan: ...Home Secretary clarify for the record that the largest number of asylum seekers—that is, applicants—come from the top four countries that he named: the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia? The largest national groups to whom the support system will apply will be those very groups whose asylum claims are likely to be recognised.